Siemens confirms plans for €200m wind turbine production facility in Germany

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International engineering firm will begin manufacturing nacelles at the facility from 2017

German engineering giant Siemens is to invest around €200m in the construction of its first offshore wind production facility in its home country, it announced today. The development, which will be...

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